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Show PROVED STRENGTH OF HABIT. New York Business Man Had Poor Idea of Economy. "Somo pcoplo have queer Ideas of economy, don't they?" rnld n Wall street tnnn "Tho other day I was waiting with n man on nn 'L' slntlon to go down town. Ho saw a friend on tho opposlto platform nnd cnlled over to hint to come across nnd ;o down with him to his olllro on n nutter ot business. Tho man said ho would, nnd after nsklng tho ticket chopper to pass tho word over that his faro was paid handed" out a cigar to tho chopper chop-per and camo over to our side. Ho was greeted with a laugh by tho man who had cnlled to htm, and naturally asked what It was for. 'Didn't you give that ticket chopper a 15-cent cigar?' asked tho friend. Tho man admitted that he gavo tho kind ho usually smoked. 'Well,' said the other, 'why didn't you just come across without with-out saying anything about It, pay your fare and save a dime?' The man rubbed his chin nnd looked serious. Ho had become so nccustomed to tipping tip-ping evorybody for any sort of fnvor that ho never thought of the other plan. N. Y. Press. |